Gavin and Stacey star's 2012 BBC sitcom is now on Netflix

mathew horne, bad education, season 1
Gavin and Stacey star's 2012 sitcom now on NetflixBBC

Gavin and Stacey star Mathew Horne's hit sitcom Bad Education is now available to watch on Netflix.

The show, which ran for three seasons between 2012 and 2014, centred around hapless teacher Alfie Wickers (Jack Whitehall) and his misfit students at Abbey Grove School.

Horne played the school's eccentric headteacher Fraser.

The show's cast also included Strictly's Layton Williams, Hollyoaks star Charlie Wernham and The Windsors' Harry Enfield.

mathew horne, bad education, season 1
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If you're not a Netflix subscriber and fancy checking out the comedy series, you can sign up to the streaming service from £4.99 per month for the standard with ads plan, £10.99 a month for the standard plan or £17.99 a month for the premium plan.

Following the success of the original series, Bad Education returned for rebooted series in 2022, with a brand-new intake of unruly students joining Abbey Grove.

The fourth season saw two former classmates, world class diva Stephen (Williams) and soon-to-be family man Mitchell (Wernham), take on roles on the other side of the desk as newly qualified teachers.

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Last year, the BBC released a teaser photo of Williams and Wernham getting ready for a new school year as production on season five began.

The first-look image also featured new headmistress Bernadette Hoburn (A Small Light's Vicki Pepperdine) and Horne as former headteacher Fraser, who now works in the canteen.

"I'm so buzzing that everyone has embraced the new Bad Education! Thanks to yous, we're back and badder than ever, creating more chaos with a super talented bunch. More life, more laughs, more looks," Williams previously said.

mathew horne, bad education, season 1
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Wernham added: "The response to the last series was phenomenal, I am so excited for the fans to see what we have in store for series five!

"We have such a wonderful talented cast, crew and writing team who have so much fun making the show, I am truly grateful that we all get to do it again!"

As for Horne, the actor is set to reprise his role of Gavin Shipman when Gavin and Stacey returns for a one-off Christmas episode later this year – with fans eager to see what happened after that cliffhanger in the 2019 special.

Bad Education is available to watch now on Netflix.


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